Updated November 2015
Kwang Hyun Ra
[email protected]
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Education
2013-Present
Ph. D. University of South Carolina
Coursework in progress
Criminology and Criminal Justice
2012
M.A.
Dongguk University, South Korea
Criminology
Dissertation: A study on fear of crime focused on juveniles*
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Yoon Ho Lee
2010
B.A
Dongguk University, South Korea
Police Studies
Research Interests
Policing
Police Legitimacy
Quantitative Research Methods
Criminal Policy
Publications: Peer Reviewed
2011
Ra, K. H. & Lee, Y. H. (2011). A Study on Factors of Correctional Officer’s
Job Turnover Intention. Journal of Korean Criminological
Association, Korean Criminological Association. *
Ra, K. H. & Lee, Y. H. (2011). A Survey on Application of Virtual Reality
Technology on Policing. Journal of Police Science, Korea
National Police University. *
* Denotes an article written in Korean
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Presentations
November 2014
Kwang Hyun Ra & Jong Seung Park. “”Where does it work?”:
Association Between Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy
in South Korea”, American Society of Criminology, 66th
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
August 2014
M. Fe Caces, Eric L. Sevigny, Kwang Hyun Ra, Terry Zobeck,
& Karen Rank. “Trends in Drug-involved Driver Fatalities in
the United States, 2005-2012.” 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings,
Boston, MA
May 2011
Ra, K. H. & Lee, Y. H. “A Study on Factors of Correctional
Officer’s Job Turnover Intention”, 2011 spring conference of
Korean Criminological Association, Seoul, South Korea
Professional Experience
January 2014 – Present
Research Assistant
Analysis of Drug-Involved Driving Data from Fatality
Analysis Reporting System: An Update and Extension
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive
Office of the President (PI: Eric L. Sevigny)
February 2012 - July 2013
Researcher
National Youth Policy Institute, Seoul, South Korea
Writing drafts for Youth Policy Report and Youth Issue
Brief
July 2011 – January 2012
Research Assistant
Mongmyeok Institute of Social Science
Dictionary of Criminology
National Research Foundation of Korea (PI: Yoon-Ho
Lee)
March 2010 – February 2011
Teaching Assistant
Dongguk University
Grading and Counseling
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March 2011 – December 2011
Manager
Advanced Police Policy Program, Dongguk Univ.
Designing and managing the courses
August 2010 – February 2011
Staff
Advanced Police Policy Program, Dongguk Univ.
Supporting each sessions
September 2006
Noncommissioned Officers Academy
The Eighth United States Army
Warrior Leadership Course
September 2005 - September 2007
Military Service
Eighth United States Army
Korean Augmentation Troops to the United States
Army
Awards, Fellowships and Honors
2012
Research Scholarship
Dongguk University (Merit Based),
2011
National Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Research Fellowship
Korea Student Aid Foundation (Merit Based)
2011
Research Scholarship
Dongguk University (Merit Based)
2011
Award of Excellence, Graduate Research Competition
Korean Criminological Association
2006
Academic Excellence
Noncommissioned Officers Academy, Warrior Leader Course (WLC)
The Eighth United States Army
Professional Developments
2012
Structural Equation Modeling Course
SPSS Korea
2011
Intermediate course for the Quantitative Data Analysis Workshop,
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Korea Social Science Data Archive
2010
Introductory course for the Quantitative Data Analysis Workshop
Korea Social Science Data Archive
Community Services and Outreach
March 2009 – May 2010
Group Counseling Assistant
Somang Correctional Institution
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